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Coronavirus cases escalate in SLO County, another deputy tests positive

Written on 28 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A fifth San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputy tested positive for the coronavirus, as the county sets another record for the number of people hospitalized with the virus. While in home quarantine, after exposure to a person with the virus,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo again charging for parking downtown

Written on 27 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

BY CCN STAFF San Luis Obispo on Monday began charging for 30-minute and two-hour parking meter spaces. On March 16, because of the pandemic, the city stopped charging for parking. Currently, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday,... (Continue reading)

Deputies investigating human foot found in Templeton

Written on 27 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies are investigating a human foot found in Templeton on Monday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., a bicyclist reported finding a human foot on the 2800 block of Santa Rita Road in rural Templeton. Detectives... (Continue reading)

Truck crashes into utility pole in San Luis Obispo

Written on 27 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A truck crashed into a utility pole off southbound Highway 101 at the Broad Street onramp early Monday morning. At approximately 5:30 a.m., the truck drove off the highway and ended up on the Broad Street onramp. Following the collision,... (Continue reading)

BLM protesters detained pregnant woman, and nurses in SLO

Written on 26 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 55 comments

By CCN STAFF The video shows a man and a woman pleading with Black Lives Matter protesters who had blocked Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo, to let them take a pregnant woman in labor to a hospital. “She is... (Continue reading)

Squatter refuses to leave Isla Vista apartment

Written on 26 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A standoff between Santa Barbara County sheriff deputies and a squatter in Isla Vista ended after deputies deployed pepper spray into a bathroom on Friday. Shortly after 12 p.m., the landlord of an apartment complex at 897 Camino Del Sur... (Continue reading)

Stuck between Mayor Heidi Harmon and Sheriff Ian Parkinson

Written on 25 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments

OPINION by JAMES PAPP When I first registered to vote in 1982, I considered myself a Rockefeller Republican. Yesterday on the Congalton Show, I was asked if I was a Marxist. I’m either wise enough or naïve enough enough to... (Continue reading)

SLO County schools apply for waivers for in-person classes

Written on 25 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom is permitting elementary schools in counties on the monitoring list for coronavirus infections to apply for waivers for in-person classes. The waivers are for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. School districts initiate the process through applications... (Continue reading)

Patience while SLO County prosecutors investigate complaints of rioting

Written on 24 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

Statement by San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow regarding the arrests of Tianna Arata and Elias Bautista I know that many in our community are very interested in this situation. At this time, I would like to respectfully... (Continue reading)

Credit card skimmers found at gas station in Morro Bay

Written on 24 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Morro Bay police are investigating the discovery Thursday of eight credit card skimmers at the Sinclair Gas Station on Morro Bay Boulevard. A San Luis Obispo County Weights and Measures employee discovered the devices installed in gas pumps at the... (Continue reading)